Nicole Quick
Nicole Quick (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 59. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Quick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nicole Quick was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. She earned an undergraduate degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in May 1993 and a graduate degree from the University of South Carolina in May 2008. Quick's professional experience includes working as a planning/product manager for the home fashions division of a textile mill, as a buyer/planner and lean management specialist for a contract furniture company, and as a one-on-one classroom aid and substitute teacher. She previously served as chair of the Guilford County Democratic Party.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 59
Incumbent Jon Hardister defeated Nicole Quick in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 59 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jon Hardister (R) | 52.3 | 28,474 |
 | Nicole Quick (D)  | 47.7 | 26,016 | |
| Total votes: 54,490 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Nicole Quick advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 59.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 59
Incumbent Jon Hardister defeated Allen Chappell in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 59 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Hardister | 79.9 | 5,644 |
 | Allen Chappell | 20.1 | 1,422 | |
| Total votes: 7,066 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nicole Quick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Quick's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After school, Nicole went to work in Greensboro, NC, managing a $40 million business segment of Guilford Mills. There she was responsible for all forecasting and budgeting and for planning and scheduling production. Simultaneously, she led and managed domestic and international sales forces for Guilford's furniture and home fashions businesses.
From Guilford Mills, she moved to a position with Brayton International, a division of Steelcase, in High Point, NC. At Brayton, she spearheaded process improvements to create greater efficiencies and led teams to reduce costs and waste while maintaining high standards of product quality. Nicole left Brayton to start a family.
When her son Tad was diagnosed with autism, she decided to leave her career behind and undergo training in order to provide daily occupational therapy for him.
Currently, Nicole lives with her husband and son and 2 dogs in their home in eastern Guilford County. She and her husband have lived there for twenty years, though the son and dogs joined them more recently.- When I was a child attending a small, rural public school, North Carolina's public school system was a model in the nation. Today, we rank below average in quality and safety of our K-12 schools. We are losing quality teachers to other states because we don't provide competitive wages and benefits. Quality education is key to future success. Our children deserve better than we're giving them. We can make NC the standard for public education again.
- As someone who suffers from a chronic disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, I am well acquainted with the soaring costs of healthcare in our state and our country. Even though I'm fortunate enough to have health insurance, the costs of specialist visits and medications are a burden. For seniors on fixed incomes and people without employee-sponsored health plans, that burden is unsustainable. The people of North Carolina deserve representatives who put their interests and well-being above partisanship and above the interests of the insurance and drug companies.
- I grew up swimming and fishing in North Carolina's lakes and rivers and clamming with my daddy in the coastal waterways. Our family vacations were spent camping near Chimney Rock and Cherokee or at the beaches of Brunswick County. Our state has a wealth of natural wonders, and I want my son, and all the children of North Carolina, to be able to continue to enjoy the outdoors the same way I did. For that to happen, we have to do a better job of taking care of our natural resources. We have to protect our rivers from coal ash contamination and our water supplies from toxic chemicals, and we have to hold polluters accountable.
"When you think like a mother, you imagine better worlds and act to make them possible, says Yifat Susskind. Because mothers are versed in a vital language: the language of love. When love drives our actions, we feel empowered to repair the world and protect those in need. Empathy and optimism are powerful tools, she says, both in our own lives and across public policy. By thinking like mothers and acting with care, we can prioritize the most vulnerable and forge a luminous, resilient path forward."
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 18, 2020
